, 1887-08-06
GUILTY."
The Verdict in the Chicago
Doodle Cases,
With Penalties Ranging from
Two Years.
A Motion for a New Trial
Entered.

OhiOhoO, aug. 0.-lne last a OF
the great Doodle trial began this morning
with the court damned to suffoca
ton with people from nearly every class
In the community. Alexander Sullivan,
who made the closing speech for the de-
PENDANTS, warned the jury solennly that
1t was not any part of their duty to find
whether these men were the worst lot of
commissioners Cook county ever had.
Inc single charge was conspiracy together
Jointly to defraud Cook county by false
pretenses. If they could not be found
guilty, not simply of conspiracy, but of
conspiring together to defraud by false
pretenses, the jury, taking heed of their
oaths, must not convict.
After Sullivan had finished his speech
State Attorney Grinnell commenced his.
he commenced by making a to1cible
statement of what the jury should do.
He denied the statement of the opposing
counsel that the jury should not be inhu-
enced by public sentiment. The founda
ton of our institutions rests on the peo-
pie, upon all the people, and their senti-
ment is what produces honest administra
ton of our laws. With that sentiment
he laws are honestly administered.
Without it everything is amiss. Grinnell
then began recalling to the jury the
overwhelming evidence of corruption and
combination in the county board. His
speech occupied two hours preceding
the recess and was mastery throughout.
Upon assembling Judge Jameson read
his instructions and the case was given to
the jury.
Alter recess Judge Jameson read his
instructions to The jury. There was moth
ing in them that differed materially from
those usually given in conspiracy cases,
the courts instructions being furnished
jointly by counsel for both sides, accord
ing to the law, and when the Judge fin
shed his reading the case was at once
given to the jury. Eleven of the de.
PENDANTS were at once led to a room by
themselves and kept under watchful
guard. The vast crowd remained seated,
showing no inclination to leave. After a
wait of an hour and a half Judge Jamie
son, despairing of an early verdict. or
dered an adjournment until $50. At
that time the jury sent him word that
there was no prospect of an immediate
agreement, and supper was sent them.
About 9 o'clock information was re-
ceived hat the jury had reached a decis
ion. Instantly the court room was in a
commotion, while the people in the cor
ridors and alongside the sidewalks we're
on a tiptoe of expectation. The defend
ants filed in and took their seats and we're
quickly followed by the jury. When the
verdict was handed In and the clerk an.
nounced one after another of the entire
eleven guilty, the defendants seemed
rooted to their chairs, the embodiments
of despair. Then came the list of pen
allies. Commissioner Mccarthy, two
years. There was a start of surprise
among the spectators. The extreme pen
atty of the law was three years and a fine
of 81 200. Nothing less had been ex-
pected by the great majority of those
present. Commissioner Ochs two
years." read the clerk, and the defend
ants began to look up.
Commissioners Leyden, Van Pelt,
Wren and Wasserman and Warden Var
nell. all got two years and everyone looked
~measurabfy relieved, except Wren. He
turned ashen and seemed utterly dazed.
The crowd was now prepared for any sur.
prise, and it came speedily in the state
ment: Commissioners Mccarthy, Oil.
yer, Casselman and Cells fine of 81 900.
A look of unmistakable exultation took
possession OF the countenance of Buck"
Mccarthy, the burly commissioner, who
had throughout the trial and for months
previous been the most conspicuously at.
tackled of all the crowd.
Il move that the jury be polled,"
shouted the irrepressible Mccarthy. 1t
was done, and Immediately those defen-
dants who had escaped with a fine were
released on bail. The others were re-
manded to Jail. A motion for a new trial
for everyone was quickly entered by the
attorneys of the defendants, Attorneys
Alexander and Sullivan. and then the
crowd melted away in wonder.